Was reading Psalm 91 turned out as a devotion I really needed to read again. “You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,” and also “Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place_, No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling” Thank You Lord…

Ever had an embarrassing moment? Ever wondered: Just _why_ did that happen? That is a part of humility. But we must if we think we should boast, instead search our hearts and seek His in our lives. It is He not us, that do amazing things! We must not be prideful.

Before I accidentally tangent I will tell you I have had many humbling things happen but I will focus today on one moment.

I had to go for a doctor visit. I could have just said I needed my throat examined but no… I had to tell them to check something else.

I’m glad they hadn’t need go through that way, I had a problem in the rear!

Yes. That rear, haha.

I had a hemorrhoid. I asked them to examine it. I wish I hadn’t because I thought they were just gonna peek the “cave” but no, they thought it was a good idea to be a poker player and “go all in…”!

I also thought it was going to be not too bad. Ever had a gynecologist exam?

I felt like I was but at least in those the woman has an experience like the “doc” might take them out for dinner later.. for me, there weren’t even any stirrups!

Put your knees to your belly and look at the wall.

I had seen a few vids online about this: this should never be a medical procedure, as far as I know, haha…!

I was so bothered I had a Christian shirt on, as if to tell the doc, “Hi doc. Please don’t go ‘in’ with bad intentions, I’m with Jesus..!”

Then they lubed me up with this stuff that looked like “poo” and…. yep, they went up there!

Ever gone to a barbecue and saw a spit-roast?

It’s not fun. Believe me!

I almost was scared he was filming it and getting ready to put it on America’s Funniest videos or something! If he had “won” I would have said, “you can take that money and shove it…. wait, never mind.”

Meanwhile have you ever been at a doctor’s office where there is a staff nearby? A place like that where you have a specific medical procedure should be a place where you have dignity. A place that people working there should be mature and not talk about your “business.”

You know what? None of that is true.

You are the talk of the town in front of the fellow workers as they are so amused.

This thing going in your “end” has made their day!

They laughed after I walked out either cuz they knew what happened in there (and “in there” as well) but maybe it was also because I was walkin’ a little funny… either way!

Why did I bring that up?

We all go through so much and sometimes we think we have nothing, even in terms of self-worth.

To the Lord You are so worth it. He loves you so much!

I have a belief that a moment someone seeks God is a moment God blesses so much!

Your “self” worth, is worth everything to God, in fact His Son died just so you would find a worth that is beyond everything you could ever imagine!

Jesus was stripped naked on the cross. Did you know that?

How humiliating. Can you imagine the scoffers, the mockers, the ones embarrassing but also hoping for his death, what He felt and thought?

All He knew was He had a debt to pay, which was to die for all people… not just the robbers, the proud of their money, the deeply evil, the ones who strive on and on thinking there might be no hope, the death-hopers, the life-takers, the lovers of sinning

He died for so much on that cross. He also died for both you and for me…

He then rose again because Jesus would show to all that God in His power would make His Son pay the debt for His cause (the world’s sin) and rose again. That proved that there was power over death as well to live for Jesus.

Today maybe you feel that tugging to know Him. Will you pray?

Father God I am so amazed and confounded by your impenetrable love! This reader might want to know a love deeper than ever, more than they could ever know. If they come to know you I am proud of the amazing works that you will do. Oh Lord You are amazing through the work. Thank you for Jesus! For Him to die on that cross, shedding His blood so that people could one day know the seemingly impossible God is amazing. Thank you so much for Jesus Father God. Amen.

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Maybe today you are proud to know Christ. May you share about Jesus everywhere you go. God bless you!